Nees Posted at 2017-1-20 06:26
I wonder how that shot was made in focus. With such light, I cannot focus at all...

I believe I saw a manual focus setting in the dji go 4 app which might allow better focus in low light, haven't tried it so just a thought.

Thanks Mindy!

Nees Posted at 2017-1-20 06:26
I wonder how that shot was made in focus. With such light, I cannot focus at all...

Use manual focus.

stratosHD Posted at 2017-1-23 15:12
Use manual focus.

Impossible, tried. You cannot see what is in focus. Infinity is even completely out of focus when I tried. Which shouldn't be the case at 100m height.

I turn this off anyway or I'll be locked off by the cops :3

How do you get it to focus at night?  I can't find the manual focus option either

Great tips guys. thanks for all the useful info.

Good job..

To use Manual Focus you first must enable it under General Settings, then, when connected to the Mavic, you'll see the interface change to show an AF/MF icon to the left of the AE Lock icon. I'd also turn on Peak Focussing because it'll be hard to focus at night, anyway.

Nees Posted at 2017-1-24 02:01
Impossible, tried. You cannot see what is in focus. Infinity is even completely out of focus when I tried. Which shouldn't be the case at 100m height.

I read somewhere (DJI Mavic FAQ, maybe?) that you can't change the slider to infinity and expect focus to actually be at infinity. I think what they're trying to say is that the manual control can overshoot infinity, but I haven't tested this myself. Turn on focus peaking, that should help a lot.

I have only flown this new drone about 12 times and maybe i am just missing something but from the first dozen floights i would have to say that
I really am unimpressed with the camera quality with the mavic even though the specs say that they are almost identical i have the phantom 3 4k pro since it came out.

i have not been able to match the quality of the phantom 3 pro with the mavic.  


Night flying is not the same.  I can barely see a thing on the phone screen.  Its a little better when watching the sd card images.

Even when there was a little bit of light, with the phantom 3, I would be able to get a decent video and almost always be able to get a great shot by switching the ISO and/or the Shutter speed. On the Mavic Pro there is no way to manually switch the iso and shutter speed with the right trigger slider.  on the phantom 3 you could press it in and it would switch between the ISO and the Shutter speed... which would allow you to quickly and safely get the right camera settings for whatever light conditions there might be.   
is there an option to switch between those 2 settings like the phantom 3 does on the controller?  or do i have to go let go of the controller with one hand to touch the screen and switch between ISO and Shutter Speed?
What about the same question for the focusing of the camera (in both video and photos)?  do i have to let go of the controller  and touch the screen every time i want to get a clear shot? (its ok in auto mode but kind of annoying that you have to constantly be touching the screen)

then in video mode the light seems to be pulsating - i thought this would be the case on the screen but it translated over to the sd card and looks ok but not anywhere near the phantom 3 videos i can get.

Yes the lights are automatically turning off during my shot.
Yes I am in manual Mode and switching to auto mode to see if that makes any difference.  
Yes of course, there's a little better picture on the low light shots with the manual mode but nothing as good as the Phantom 3 (or 4 or inspire i would imagine).

- am I missing something?

- is the camera that much worse on the mavic?  

- do i have a faulty camera on my mavic?  

- any tips for commanding the camera to take better night shots?  (besides the obvious "light needs to be off " suggestion)

sorry for long post but those were all my night flying questions and opinions wrapped up into one post.  thanks for the future reply!

Brela Posted at 2017-1-20 05:26
This is a useful tip.

Wish I had my Mavic which I ordered 1st of November from Drones Direct so I could make use of it.

Watch out for DD, because they may suddenly become very unhelpful. In my case, the P3P had a motor fail and they claimed 6 month in that it was out of warranty. None of my paperwork or terms showed this. They ignore all my attempts to contact them. Lovely people.

fans9553217f Posted at 2017-1-29 03:42
Watch out for DD, because they may suddenly become very unhelpful. In my case, the P3P had a motor fail and they claimed 6 month in that it was out of warranty. None of my paperwork or terms showed this. They ignore all my attempts to contact them. Lovely people.

That's not good - Did you manage to resolve this?

Thanks for the tips, I am learning like crazy.

thanks for the tip

Thanks DJI Mindy...

CAAirborne Posted at 2017-1-20 08:13
Nice tip. Is there a way to manually focus the Mavic Pro? Low light hampers the autofocus feature.

top right next to the iso, shutter speed there is an AF/MF toggle just press that once and you will be able to focus manually. Best way I found as AF at night is not very accurate.

I kind of like the red lights in my shot. I thought it had a neat effect :-)

Good stuff, thanks.

Thanks for sharing.. i have phantom 3 advance, mavic pro and phantom 4 pro.. soon i would like to video and take night pictures..

what is the best settings for night video..if i use phantom 4 pro. thanks